At the 2022 CHI & EXPO Conference, the renewed sense of mission and purpose among the thousands of attendees were palpable.
2022 NACHC CHI & EXPO Celebrates Progress of Health Center Movement
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CBS Sunday Morning Show Host Jane Pauley, U.S. Rep Davis Keynote CHI General Session
The opening general session at the 2022 CHI & Expo in Chicago featured notable speakers, including Congressman Danny Davis, from the 7th Congressional District of Illinois, and Jane Pauley, host of the CBS Sunday Morning show. Davis started out the session by noting his deep roots in Chicago, “a city of health centers.” He walked …
The 2022 CHI and EXPO Kicks Off in Chicago
Walking through the halls of the Hyatt Regency in Chicago, where the NACHC CHI and EXPO is underway, is like dropping in on a family reunion.
Human-Centered Design and Health Center Innovation Intersect at the CHI & EXPO
This year’s CHI & EXPO features three different sessions about human-centered design that will dive deep into intentional innovation and illustrate how the process and mindset of HCD can help solve challenges at health centers, PCAs or HCCNs.
Honorees Recognized for Outstanding Service in Agricultural Worker Health
Migrant Health Centers and leaders were honored for their service and commitment to the Community Health Center Movement this week at the Conference for Agricultural Worker Health in Denver, CO. The annual conference is dedicated to the health and well-being of America’s migratory and seasonal agricultural workers and comes as the nation marks the 60th …
NACHC 2020 CHI@HOME Is Underway
These are extraordinary times and few things make that fact more clear than a virtual national conference. Thousands of health center advocates are not gathering under one roof for the Community Health Institute as in years past. Instead, they are at home fighting an unprecedented pandemic in a year that has been like no other. …
P & I Update: HHS Secretary Azar Stops by the Conference
The 2018 NACHC Policy and Issues Forum has been a whirlwind of events and there’s just one more day before events draw to a close. Today’s highlight was an appearance by Alex Azar, Health and Human Services Secretary, who addressed a packed and enthusiastic General Session gathering. “We see you not just as vital partners …
2018 NACHC P&I Hill Day
Today thousands of health center advocates stormed Capitol Hill to say “thank you” for fixing the Cliff, and to share stories of how our people-powered movement cares for 27 million patients nationwide. After all, we’ve got a lot to be excited about in the Health Center Movement. Last month’s budget deal provided an additional $600 …
NACHC P & I 2018 Kicks Off
Nearly 2,500 Community Health Center advocates from around the country – including senior executives, clinicians, board members and other health care representatives –have gathered this week under one roof for the 2018 NACHC Policy & Issues Forum [see media advisory]. The Opening General Session offered plenty of information about the policy recommendations for health centers …
Rising to the Challenge of Fighting a Nationwide Addiction Epidemic
Too often we hear about the ravages of substance abuse disorders, such as opioid addiction, and not enough about the innovations in health care to treat it — not as a problem but as a chronic illness that requires a thoughtful treatment strategy. Drug overdose deaths and opioid-related deaths are on the rise. On average, …